Labour ward
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Nurses in Quebec who have been on strike have returned to work, despite rejecting an agreement that their labor union had negotiated. Fiscal austerity had led to an increase in labor unrest in the public sector in Canada. Nurses may join other public sector employees in seeking a bigger pay increase in Quebec. This could lead to confrontations in fall 1999, which could undermine the hopes of separatists in Quebec. There is a high level of popular support for nurses in Quebec, where labor unions have become less enthusiastic about independence.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1999
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Ward Connerly's trumpet blast
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Ward Connerly, the Univ of California regent who led the effort to pass Proposition 209, California's affirmative action repeal initiative, intends to take his campaign against racial preferences to Washington, DC. Connerly fears that the federal government could undermine his success at the state level.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1997
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The men's ward: prostate cancer
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Recent research findings could alter the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. The results of one study could help doctors differentiate between slow-growing and metastasizing tumors. Another could improved the detection rate for secondary tumors. A third could improve treatment effectiveness.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1996
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